Human Nature Essay

Authors use poetic devices to help express ideas in their writing. Anyone can simply tell their idea, but authors are effective at using poetic devices to show their idea. In the poem “Human Nature”, Damian Murphy express his idea that people should stop trying to be always perfect. In the poem “Perfectly Imperfect”, Zechary DeWolf expresses his idea that people should embrace the fact that they are imperfect. Damian Murphy uses a metaphor and paradox in his poem “Human Nature.” Zechary DeWolf uses a metaphor and oxymoron in his poem “Perfectly Imperfect.”

Damian Murphy expresses his idea that people do not always have to be perfect through his use of poetic devices, which include a metaphor and a paradox. In the poem “Human Nature”, Damian Murphy uses a metaphor to compare natural objects, “Trees cannot always be in bloom, Nor are plants always in flower,” (Murphy). Damian Murphy uses a metaphor to compare the similarities between trees and plants. He says “Trees cannot always be in bloom” and “Nor are plants always in flower” to express his idea that plants are not always in a perfect state. People often associate blooming trees and flowering plants to perfection and beauty. He later goes on in the poem to say “Why then people, do we presume, Should be at their best at every hour?”(Murphy). Damian is basically saying that plants are not always in a perfect state, so why would humans be perfect? It is common for people to strive for perfection, but what they do not realize is that nothing in this world is perfect, not even plants and flowers, which most people believe to be perfect. In his poem, Damian Murphy also uses a paradox to express his ideas about perfection, “It’s ok not to be ok, Not be always at one’s best,”(Murphy). Damian Murphy uses a paradox by saying “It’s ok not to be ok.” He is basically trying to say that it is ok to be flawed and imperfect. The phrase “it’s ok” means that is fine to “not be ok”, which means that it is ok not to be perfect. Damian uses this paradox to show why it is ok for people to not always be perfect, in order to provide reasoning for why people should stop constantly striving for perfection. The author is more effective when he uses a metaphor to express his idea. The metaphor that he uses is easy to understand, while the paradox that he uses is a little more subtle and complex. The metaphor is more easier to understand because he draws a clear connection between humans and natural objects.

Zechary DeWolf express his idea that people must embrace their flaws and imperfection through his use of poetic devices, which include a metaphor and oxymoron. In the poem “Perfectly Imperfect”, Zechary DeWolf uses a metaphor to contrast humans and porcelain dolls, “I am a porcelain doll without the Mistakes, the Errors, the Cracks, that make me who I am,” (DeWolf). Zechary uses a metaphor to contrast himself to a porcelain doll. When he is talking about mistakes, errors, and flaws, he is really referring to the imperfections of human beings. Mistakes, flaws, and errors are often associated with the word imperfection. He then goes on to say that it is these flaws that make him human. He uses this metaphor to convey the idea that he, unlike a doll, is imperfect and has flaws, which is what truly makes him human. In his poem, Zechary DeWolf also uses oxymoron to contrast the words “perfect” and “imperfect”, “Grace in mistakes makes me, me. Perfectly Imperfect,”(DeWolf). Zechary uses an oxymoron to contrast these two words. He is basically saying that he accepts his own flaws and imperfection, and that regardless of his imperfection, he is perfect just the way he is. He uses this oxymoron to convey the idea that he is perfect just the way he is, despite of his imperfections and flaws. The author is more effective when he uses this metaphor to express his idea. The way that he uses this metaphor really stresses the message that humans, unlike dolls, are not made to perfect. This metaphor truly expresses the idea that humans must embrace their flaws and imperfections.

In conclusion, Damian Murphy expresses his idea that people should stop trying to be always perfect in his poem “Human Nature”, through his use of a metaphor and a paradox. Zechary DeWolf expresses his idea that people should embrace the fact that they are imperfect in his poem “Perfectly Imperfect”, through his use of a metaphor and oxymoron. Zechary DeWolf is more effective at using poetic devices to conveys his ideas about imperfection. Both authors use a metaphor to express their ideas, but Zechary DeWolf is much better at using this device, because he shows his idea more clearly than Damian Murphy when he uses his metaphor.